Basics of Geography
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, and Place
One reason that North Africa developed differently from the rest of Africa was that these areas were separated by the ....
Sahara Desert
What are elements of culture?
Language, religion, ethnicity, music, art, literature, government type
What is cultural diffusion?
Exchange or spread of new ideas, products, cultural traits and diseases
What do geographers grow in their gardens?
Compass Roses
What part of the map tells what kind of things is on a map?
Map key or Legend
All the water found on Earth is found in what sphere?
Hydrosphere
Name the main monotheistic religions
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
What is Globalization?
How trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place
Where do fish keep all their money?
In riverbanks
What are the 2 types of locations?
Absolute and Relative
Weather conditions over a long period of time is called?
Climate
A region defined by common characteristics of people living there is called?
Cultural Regions
The Amish using buggies and horses instead of cars represents…?
Cultural Divergence
Where is it always 90 degrees, but never hot?
The North Pole and South Pole
The Prime Meridian splits the Earth into which two hemispheres?
Eastern and Western
Forces responsible for tectonic plate movement
Convection and Gravity
What is Migration?
Movement of people from one location to another by push or pull factors
How many root causes of change are there? Name them
5- Migration, Cultural Diffusion, Trade, Conflict/War, Technological Innovation
What rock group has four men that don’t sing?
Mount Rushmore
What is the latitude line at 0 degrees called?
Equator
Name 3 non-renewable resources
Oil, Natural gas, Coal
Where is the Suez Canal located? What two bodies of water does it connect?
Egypt
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea(Indian Ocean)
The Potato Famine in Ireland would not have happened if it wasn’t for this
Trade via the Columbian Exchange
What did the sea say to the shore?
Nothing, it just waved